The family of Annie Rooney, a Chillicothe attorney, have filed a civil suit in regard to her death in a July 4, 2013, crash, the remains of which are shown here.

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The family of a deceased local attorney has filed a civil suit in Ross County Common Pleas Court for damages after she was killed in a head-on collision last year.

Annie Rooney, 36, was killed July 4, 2013, on U.S. 50 when a car driven by Shira B. Seymour, 36, of Bainbridge, went left of center and hit Rooney's vehicle head-on.

Richard Rooney, administrator of Annie's estate, filed suit against Howison LLC, the parent company of Jerry's Pizza; Stephanie Crispen, who was an employee of the restaurant at the time; and Seymour. ...